Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American film actor noted for his athletic physique and distinctive smile (which he called "The Grin"). Later he took roles that went against his initial "tough guy" image. In the late 1950s Lancaster abandoned his "all-American" image and came to be regarded as one of the best actors of his generation.
Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American film actor noted for his athletic physique and distinctive smile (which he called "The Grin"). Later he took roles that went against his initial "tough guy" image. In the late 1950s Lancaster abandoned his "all-American" image and came to be regarded as one of the best actors of his generation.
Lancaster was nominated four times for Academy Awards and won once — for his work in Elmer Gantry in 1960. He also won a Golden Globe for that performance and BAFTA Awards for The Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) and Atlantic City (1980). His production company, Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, was the most successful and innovative star-driven independent production company in Hollywood of the 1950s, making movies such as Marty (1955), Trapeze (1956), and Sweet Smell of Success (1957).
Lancaster also directed two films: The Kentuckian (1955) and The Midnight Man (1974).
In 1999, the American Film Institute named Lancaster nineteenth among the greatest male stars of all time.
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Filmography (Movies)
Airports
Character:
Release Date:17/09/2025
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/06/2023
Rat Pack
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/01/2022
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
Character:Self - Actor (archive footage)
Release Date:01/06/2017
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/11/2016
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/08/2014
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
Character:Self
Release Date:07/09/2010
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/10/2009
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/12/2008
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:17/07/2005
Luchino Visconti
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:23/06/2002
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:12/05/1997
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/03/1996
La Classe américaine
Character:José (archive footage)
Release Date:31/12/1993
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/07/1991
Separate But Equal
Character:John W. Davis
Release Date:07/04/1991
Movie Tough Guys
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1991
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Character:Self - Narrator
Release Date:26/06/1990
Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair
Character:Leon Klinghoffer
Release Date:29/04/1990
Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South
Character:Self
Release Date:06/08/1989
Field of Dreams
Character:Doc "Moonlight" Graham
Release Date:21/04/1989
The Jeweller's Shop
Character:The Jeweller
Release Date:07/04/1989
Rocket Gibraltar
Character:Levi Rockwell
Release Date:02/09/1988
Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist
Character:Self - Host, Narrator
Release Date:21/10/1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:18/05/1987
Control
Character:Dr. Herbert Monroe
Release Date:14/02/1987
Barnum
Character:PT Barnum
Release Date:30/11/1986
Tough Guys
Character:Harry Doyle
Release Date:03/10/1986
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1986
Little Treasure
Character:Delbert Teschmacher
Release Date:01/05/1985
Scandal Sheet
Character:Harold Fallen
Release Date:21/01/1985
The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/1983
The Osterman Weekend
Character:Maxwell Danforth
Release Date:14/10/1983
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Character:Self
Release Date:27/05/1983
Local Hero
Character:Felix Happer
Release Date:17/02/1983
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Character:(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Release Date:21/05/1982
I Love Liberty
Character:Self
Release Date:21/03/1982
Night of 100 Stars
Character:Self
Release Date:08/03/1982
Race to Oblivion
Character:Self - Host / Narrator
Release Date:02/01/1982
The Skin
Character:Generale Clark
Release Date:27/08/1981
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Character:Bill Doolin
Release Date:24/04/1981
Atlantic City
Character:Lou
Release Date:03/09/1980
Zulu Dawn
Character:Col. Anthony Durnford
Release Date:14/05/1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/03/1979
Go Tell the Spartans
Character:Maj. Asa Barker
Release Date:12/07/1978
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Character:Dr. Paul Moreau
Release Date:13/07/1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Character:Gen. Lawrence Dell
Release Date:09/02/1977
Victory at Entebbe
Character:Shimon Peres
Release Date:22/12/1976
The Cassandra Crossing
Character:Col. Stephen Mackenzie
Release Date:18/12/1976
1900
Character:Alfredo Berlinghieri the Elder
Release Date:28/08/1976
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
Character:The Legend Maker (Ned Buntline)
Release Date:24/06/1976
Moses the Lawgiver
Character:Moses
Release Date:26/03/1976
Conversation Piece
Character:Professor
Release Date:20/12/1974
The Midnight Man
Character:Jim Slade
Release Date:07/03/1974
The Fighters
Character:Narrator
Release Date:04/01/1974
Executive Action
Character:Farrington
Release Date:07/11/1973
Scorpio
Character:Cross
Release Date:11/04/1973
Ulzana's Raid
Character:McIntosh
Release Date:27/10/1972
Valdez Is Coming
Character:Valdez
Release Date:09/04/1971
Lawman
Character:Bannock Marshal Jared Maddox
Release Date:11/03/1971
Fight of the Century
Character:Self - Presenter
Release Date:08/03/1971
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I
Character:
Release Date:08/03/1971
Airport
Character:Mel Bakersfeld
Release Date:25/03/1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/03/1970
Big Game America
Character:Narrator
Release Date:11/11/1969
The Gypsy Moths
Character:Mike Rettig
Release Date:29/08/1969
Castle Keep
Character:Maj. Abraham Falconer
Release Date:23/07/1969
Jenny is a Good Thing
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1969
The Sky Divers
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1969
The Swimmer
Character:Ned Merrill
Release Date:09/08/1968
The Scalphunters
Character:Joe Bass
Release Date:29/02/1968
The Professionals
Character:Dolworth
Release Date:01/11/1966
Games in Depth
Character:Self
Release Date:25/07/1966
The Hallelujah Trail
Character:Col. Thaddeus P. Gearhart
Release Date:23/06/1965
The Train
Character:Paul Labiche
Release Date:24/09/1964
Seven Days in May
Character:Gen. James Mattoon Scott
Release Date:01/02/1964
The List of Adrian Messenger
Character:Protester
Release Date:23/05/1963
The Leopard
Character:Prince Don Fabrizio Salina
Release Date:27/03/1963
A Child Is Waiting
Character:Matthew Clark
Release Date:13/02/1963
Birdman of Alcatraz
Character:Robert Stroud
Release Date:04/07/1962
Judgment at Nuremberg
Character:Ernst Janning
Release Date:18/12/1961
The Young Savages
Character:Hank Bell
Release Date:24/05/1961
Elmer Gantry
Character:Elmer Gantry
Release Date:07/07/1960
The Unforgiven
Character:Ben Zachary
Release Date:06/04/1960
The Devil's Disciple
Character:Anthony Anderson
Release Date:20/08/1959
Separate Tables
Character:John Malcolm
Release Date:18/12/1958
Run Silent, Run Deep
Character:Lt. Jim Bledsoe
Release Date:27/03/1958
Sweet Smell of Success
Character:J.J. Hunsecker
Release Date:04/07/1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Character:Marshal Wyatt Earp
Release Date:30/05/1957
The Rainmaker
Character:Bill Starbuck
Release Date:13/12/1956
Trapeze
Character:Mike Ribble
Release Date:30/05/1956
The Rose Tattoo
Character:Alvaro Mangiacavallo
Release Date:12/12/1955
The Kentuckian
Character:Elias Wakefield
Release Date:22/07/1955
Vera Cruz
Character:Joe Erin
Release Date:25/12/1954
Apache
Character:Massai
Release Date:09/07/1954
His Majesty O'Keefe
Character:Capt. David Dion O'Keefe
Release Date:16/01/1954
Three Sailors and a Girl
Character:Marine (uncredited)
Release Date:23/11/1953
From Here to Eternity
Character:1st Sgt. Milton Warden
Release Date:28/08/1953
South Sea Woman
Character:Sgt. James O'Hearn
Release Date:27/06/1953
Come Back, Little Sheba
Character:Doc Delaney
Release Date:06/03/1953
The Crimson Pirate
Character:Capt. Vallo (The Crimson Pirate)
Release Date:27/09/1952
Ten Tall Men
Character:Sergeant Mike Kincaid
Release Date:26/10/1951
Jim Thorpe – All-American
Character:Jim Thorpe
Release Date:24/08/1951
The Screen Director
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:12/03/1951
Vengeance Valley
Character:Owen Daybright
Release Date:14/02/1951
Mister 880
Character:Steve Buchanan
Release Date:29/09/1950
The Flame and the Arrow
Character:Dardo Bartoli
Release Date:07/07/1950
Rope of Sand
Character:Michael (Mike) Davis
Release Date:03/08/1949
Criss Cross
Character:Steve Thompson
Release Date:04/02/1949
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
Character:William Earle 'Bill' Saunders
Release Date:30/10/1948
Sorry, Wrong Number
Character:Henry Stevenson
Release Date:24/09/1948
All My Sons
Character:Chris Keller
Release Date:01/05/1948
I Walk Alone
Character:Frankie Madison
Release Date:31/12/1947
Variety Girl
Character:Burt Lancaster
Release Date:29/08/1947
Desert Fury
Character:Tom Hanson
Release Date:15/08/1947
Brute Force
Character:Joe Collins
Release Date:16/07/1947
The Killers
Character:'Swede' Andersen
Release Date:30/08/1946
Television Appearances
Separate but Equal
Character:John W. Davis
The Phantom of the Opera
Character:Gérard Carrière
I promessi sposi
Character:Cardinal Federigo Borromeo
On Wings of Eagles
Character:Lieutenant Colonel Arthur E. 'Bull' Simons
Marco Polo
Character:Teobaldo Visconti
The Unknown War
Character:Self - Host
Moses the Lawgiver
Character:Moses
People's Choice Awards
Character:Self
Système 2
Character:Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character:Self
Moses the Lawgiver
Character:Moses
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
Startime
Character:
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Character:Self
Reflets de Cannes
Character:Self
The Oscars
Character:Self
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Self - Intermission Guest
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character:Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
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